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I noticed that the other thread had gotten lost and was no longer present and thought that it might be nice if we had a place were we could share I love of the gosple. Please remember that this is a Spiritual thread and please do not disturb the Spirt that we hope to create in this thread. If your not a member go head and bare your testimony any way just please refrain from degradeing or hurtful remarks.

thank you for doing this.

i guess ill start. *walks up to the podium* brothers and sisters, i may not know you but i love all of you, and i can testify to you that if you have any sin that requires it please go to your bishop. i do so love this gosple and i love living in this dispensation of the fullness of times. i have a strong testimony after much sin and trials and tribulation, and i hope that you can forgive me for anything i might have done to offend any of yall. thank you and i say these things in the name of our beloved saviour and elder brother jesus christ amen.

*Walks up to the podium and clears his throat* Brothers and sisters, I really know non of you at all, but I feel drawn to this anyway. I have spent the last 2 or 3 years of my life moving from religion to religion. A month or so ago, I was reading the Bible for the first time, and had an epiphany about the reality and existance of God our eternal father, and his son, Jesus the Christ. At first I misinterpretted this as a lead to Yoga (the mystical schools of Hinduism), however, that was before I had learned anything of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and wrongly believed it to be a cult. I have not yet been to a service, however there is a church near my home, and I plan on attending weekly services beginning very shortly. Thank you for your time, and may our Eternal Father, and his son Jesus bless you all with good health and prosperity for the rest of your lives, Amen. *steps down from podium*

*goes up to the podium* i can speak naturally, but not publically just to warn you.

anyway... i've been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for three years now and if there is anything that i have learned through it all is that this church is the true one. i know this because just recently i had the chance to be sealed with my family and i have to say that it was just the neatest experience i've had in my life. life before the gospel was very difficult and we've struggled from time to time.
once again i'm not good at this at all, but i'm trying... sooo anyway... yeah the church is true. every bit and piece of it... nothing is wrong and i say these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen...

My brothers and sisters, I would like to bear my testimony that I truely do know that this church is the true church. When I earnestly knelt and bore up my soul to my Father in Heaven the Spirt bore witness of these things to me. I know that many out there who might read this will probably think how can this be? Well my brothers and sisters I would encourage you to kneel before God and ask of Him if these things are true. For know for a sureity that if you pray with real a contrite heart and hummble sprit with true faith believeing that you will recieve an answer then you will recieve one. I would also like to bear my testimony to you that the Savior lives and that he loves you so very much. He watches over us and protects us every dy that he died for our sins on the cross. That he suffered great pain and suffering and humiliation for us, that we might have eternal life. And that every drop of blood shed in Gethsemine was for one of our sins, and I wonder how many of the drops were shed for me, and if I will ever be able to repay him for that sacrifice. The Lord lives and he loves us, he sent his only begotten son to die for us. What a great sacrifice that must have been. So great a sacrifice that few can truely comprehend how great it is. I also have a testimony of the Savior watching over us and the power of the Priesthood and Holy Ghost. I have felt the Holy Ghost's presence in my life and I know that if you fallow the Holy Ghost's council you be led down the right paths; once while camping with my youth group we were on a hike. During that hike we had a testimony meeting and the Spirit came to one of the girls and advised her to go and get the other JC leader who was sick (I was also one) in another tent. The girl fallowed the prompting and woke the girl to bring her for testimony meeting. The begainings of the testimony meeting were loud and full of happiness and excitement. But then as the volume got louder someone/something attacked the tent. Leaders tried to bring calm but to no avil screaming peirded the air but no one came, as I was crouched there guard raised a feeling of great calm came over me and I felt an urgeing to sing some of the church hymns(me=frog ) SLowly very softly I began to do so. a few of the more calm girls picked up on what I was doing ans started to sing as well, leaders were able to bring calm and peace back to the tent, and whatever it was that was attacking us stoped. Outside, the wind picked up and at that molment I relised that the Lord had been watching over us. That he knew that danger was comeing and had saved the otherJC from possible harm, and that as the storm got alot worse He was protecting us.

I bear these things and many, more to you in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.

My brothers and sisters of this Guild, I wish to share with you my simple testimony.
I know God lives, I know his son died for us, and lives for us.
I know Joseph Smith Jr. was the instrament in which God restored his true church upon the face of the Earth once more.
I know the Holy Ghost testifies of truth.
I know we have a prophet on the Earth today.
I am thankfull for the knowledge that God has given me.
I am thankful that I can share the truths that God has given to us.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

I am so thankful for this Church. I can't imagine what my life would be like without it. I'm sure I would be far down the wrong path though. I see others who don't have it and I feel such sadness; I wish they'd accept the gospel. I also feel happiness, that I was given the opportunity to be born into and raised in the Church. I love you all. You help me more than you know. I'm thankful to Joseph, for dealing with all that he did. I'm thankful for the pioneers and my ancestors that went through such hardships. I love my brother and Savior, Jesus, for suffering for me. I know he shed those drops of blood for me. I love my Heavenly Father, for giving us life and agency, and for giving us his Son. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

I'd like to bear my testimony. I know that this church is true. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, and that we have a prophet on the Earth today. I know Jesus Christ suffered in Gethsemane (sp?) and on the cross, then rose on the third day in order to save all of us. I'm thankful for this gospel, and for kind loving people willing to share it with a nutjob like me. I say all of this in the name of our loving Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.

My Brothers and Sisters I am not the best public speaker but I ask that you bear with me for I would like to bear to you my testimony of this gospel. I know that Joseph Smith Jr. was a true prophet of God. I know he spoke to the Father and the Son.

I testify to you now the power of prayer and fasting when done correctly together. I have seen it work miracles in my life as well as the lives of those around me. I honestly believe where it not for the gospel and the fact that I know my father in heaven loves me I would not be on this earth today.

I testify of the prophet Gordon B. Hinckley he does speak with our father in heaven and he is a true prophet. I love to hear his voice speaking to us and telling us what we should do to draw ourselves closser to God. I love listening to him every general conference. I also testify that when he says something to us regarding the church he means it. He speaks with God and if he says something is right then it is, and if something he says doesn't seem right to you. That's just an invitaion to pray about it untill it does feel right. He doesn't tell us things that aren't important.

I tell you now that I know my savior died for me that I can live again. He suffered for all of us that we may repent and live again someday with our father and our savior. He was the ultimate example and the primary song I'm trying to be like Jesus really does apply to all of us. I want so much to be able to be like my savior. To love others with that unconditional love. To forgive freely and hold no grudge.

Last of all I want to thank you all for all that you have done. I have learned so much from all of you. I love coming here and knowing that I can find the spirit.

I say these things in the name of our loving savior, Jesus Christ, amen.

Hello brothers and sisters. I'm Melissa. okay, i'm well practiced at this, but i'm not known for my testimony being long. okay, i'm very grateful for the gospel in my life, and the effect it's had on me and my family. We pray now, and there's just a better spirit that occurs when we follow gospel principles. i know it's not always easy, i have trouble following it always, like i know it's hard for people to accept the gospel. my family still hasn't accepted it, but i know they eventually will, partially through my efforts and the efforts of my friends fasting and praying for them. i believe if you truely love someone, and love yourself, that you should share the gospel with every person who occupies space in your heart. i love my friends and family and am slowly sharing the gospel with each and every one of them. i'm very thankful that i could be baptized 1 yr ago, with the help of my home ward, and their prayers. i know this for a fact, because, w/o my mom knowing about it, my friend courtney was fasting for me on the day mom told me i could join the church. i was so thankful then, and am thankful now (the waterworks are about to start). We had a young women's broadcast tonight, and visiting the room where i was baptized one year ago, brought back so many memories. i know that i haven't accomplished my goal of converting my family, but i know that through my faith and my prayers i have made a dent. i say these things humbly in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

So it works when someone else does it? Who da thunk it? Oh well.)

Throughout my life there have been many trials, be it from physical ailments or from spiritual trauma. Through it all, I have always reverted back to the scriptures and my Father in Heaven through prayer. Which brings me to an interesting story...

I used to work at a movie theatre in my hometown. One day, during a break, one of my co-workers was looking up at the night sky in the back next to the Trash Compactor. He was one of the workers who I enjoyed working with and I noticed that he was troubled about something, so I went to go and see what was wrong.

When I approached him he was on the verge of tears, which was very pecular since he came across as a very strong young man. I asked him what was wrong and he said that a lot of things were happening in his life but mainly there was one issue; he had met a girl. With this girl he had feelings that he had never felt before and was wondering whether or not that she was "The One" (He was a 22 year old man and a non-member). However, he got the impression that she had not shared those feelings, so he was asking God what he should do.

My reply was thus: "No matter what answer you get, know that no matter what you do, or where you go, you are never alone. This girl may be afriad, or perhaps she is not "The One" and you were meant to have these feelings so you would reconize them when you do meet "The One". We are not meant to go through life alone. There are people who cross our paths daily. Perhaps they are with us to influence us, perhaps we are with them to influence them, but in the end, we are never alone. This can be also examined in the eternal scheme of things; even when it seems that we are alone in this life, God and Christ are always there to help us, influence us, and to lift us." My co-worker stood there, astonished, for I was a 17-year-old boy teaching a 22-year-old man the ways of the Father.

I have no doubt that my words were that of the Spirit. Or else I would not be able to remember them or the situation as clearly as I can. The Spirit is there. Listen to it and heed it's promptings, no matter how easy it might be to ignore them.

I have a picture of Christ hanging on my living room wall with the caption, "I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it." Those words are true. We should endure to the end, live in Christ.

I say these things in the name of God's Son, Jesus Christ, Amen.

First off I want to say that I am a history buff, mainly in Early Church History and Civil War Era. I recently got the new "Dramatized History of the Church" on CD and started re-reading the Tennis Shoes Series by Chris Heimerdinger. In the Prologue of The Golden Crown (The seventh book in the series), it talks about the dispensation of the fullness of times.

An interesting thought struck me as I read the book and listened to the CDs. When the Apostles died, the world fell into an era of Darkness, AKA the Dark Ages. This not only meant a darkness in the aspect of the gospel but with technology as well. Both had stagnated.

When Joseph Smith Jr. was born in 1805, the Industrial Revolution erupted in Europe, later to erupt in the US about five years later. When the Church was organized in 1830, technology erupted, almost overnight. Railroads, steam engines, telegraphs, telephones, cars, airplanes, rockets, computers, even the television was invented by a Mormon from Idaho!

There is too much of a coincidence to explain this. The time we live in is not only the dispensation of the fullness of times in terms of the Gospel, but with technology as well. The First Presidancy even said that all technology was here to aid in spreading the Gospel. Why would there be any doubt in you mind that this is not the True Church of God? That the everlasting Gospel has once again been restored to the earth?

I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

I would like to bear my testimony I know the church is true, I know that joseph smith was a true prophet I believe strongly in the power of the priest hood and felt it's saftey and comfort it brings. A few years back my whole family excluding onlymy eldest brother who had a bad feeling about coming, got in a car accident on our first night at exactly midnight my dad who was driving saw something on the rode and swerved our full sized van fish tailed and fell over we skidded along the highway for a while all of the passanger side windows broke except mine *blinks back a tear* my mom and I had switched places so she could sit by my baby brother if we hadn't switched places I probably wouldn't be here today I had my head leaned against the passanger side window and my head would have been dragged along the rode my mom put her head below the window. although the car was totalled and all who saw the vehicle have told us it's a mirracle we survived none of us..*swallows* we all got away with minor injuries the wort inguries were two people with wiplash and one of the two ended up with a black ey I went into shock and had a bruised shoulder and my dad jumped off the car and scraped his hands. thats only four out of the 9 of us in that car the ambulance worker who picked us up that night was also mormon. later someone who saw us asked us *takes a breath* asked us if we were mormon when the answer was yes..she reaplied that she was inactive but could feel the priesthood very strongly and even though she could not tell by looking at us as it had been a few weeks scince the accident she asked us what brought us on the ferry as walk-ons with so much stuff and told us how lucky we were to have the priest hood protecting us that night. I leave these things with you in the name of jesus christ amen.